Eddie Howe

[LFEE]

12 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

I was responding to:

 

“The sensible amongst us probably balance out what benefit is to be gained from getting “difficult” questions asked/answered and the knowledge gained as opposed to where that leads a further line of questioning and the problems it can create.”

 

You said ‘the sensible amongst us’.  I’d dispute that. 

The bit you are really disputing is if someone is sensible or not then 

 

And my question goes unanswered. What is the gain and what could be lost in the scenario.

 

 

Edited May 10 by LFEE

[TheBrownBottle]

1 hour ago, LFEE said:

The bit you are really disputing is if someone is sensible or not then 

 

And my question goes unanswered. What is the gain and what could be lost in the scenario.

 

 

 

More the notion that asking difficult questions leading to problems for an interviewee shouldn’t be the concern of a journalist in something as trivial as football  

 

What is the gain?  Knowledge, insight, explanation, justification - could be anything.  What could be lost?  Control of the narrative if you’re the manager.   From a fan perspective - not much.  
 

I don’t see why anyone who supports the club would have any issue with a manager taking accountability / justifying their actions.  You’d think they would have justification for any decision, even if others may think a better result or consequence might have arise if another decision had been made.  The manager is the one who ultimately spends most of what the paying punters put through the turnstiles or spend on overpriced clobber with the club crest on it - I don’t see why they should be wrapped in protective blankets when a local journalist asks them about why they’ve dropped a particular player or their reason for signing one. 

[LFEE]

1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said:

More the notion that asking difficult questions leading to problems for an interviewee shouldn’t be the concern of a journalist in something as trivial as football  

 

What is the gain?  Knowledge, insight, explanation, justification - could be anything.  What could be lost?  Control of the narrative if you’re the manager.   From a fan perspective - not much.  
 

I don’t see why anyone who supports the club would have any issue with a manager taking accountability / justifying their actions.  You’d think they would have justification for any decision, even if others may think a better result or consequence might have arise if another decision had been made.  The manager is the one who ultimately spends most of what the paying punters put through the turnstiles or spend on overpriced clobber with the club crest on it - I don’t see why they should be wrapped in protective blankets when a local journalist asks them about why they’ve dropped a particular player or their reason for signing one. 

Very naive. 
 

Journalists there to create division and stories. Just look at what went on in the recent Southampton press conference.

 

You’ve everything to lose from a fans perspective as it then feeds into the game build up and reaction at the ground which it has which the leads into the results.

 

I’d quite happily not have press conferences TBH. Don’t need to know how/why the manager is handling personal relationships and made public knowledge personally.

 

Yes you can get answers to simple questions like you suggest but that wasn’t the angle the journalist went for. It was questioning the manager’s integrity and I dare say the players also which only the player should be asked.

 

He’s not been picking him because he was injured. End of story.

 

Never understand wanting Landry whether clean or dirty washed in public. Rarely benefits the club and team.

 

Why do you think Fergie ruled the PC’s with such an iron fist and look at the benefits they reaped overall.

 

 

[TRon]

15 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Very naive. 
 

Journalists there to create division and stories. Just look at what went on in the recent Southampton press conference.

 

You’ve everything to lose from a fans perspective as it then feeds into the game build up and reaction at the ground which it has which the leads into the results.

 

I’d quite happily not have press conferences TBH. Don’t need to know how/why the manager is handling personal relationships and made public knowledge personally.

 

Yes you can get answers to simple questions like you suggest but that wasn’t the angle the journalist went for. It was questioning the manager’s integrity and I dare say the players also which only the player should be asked.

 

He’s not been picking him because he was injured. End of story.

 

Never understand wanting Landry whether clean or dirty washed in public. Rarely benefits the club and team.

 

Why do you think Fergie ruled the PC’s with such an iron fist and look at the benefits they reaped overall.

 

 

 

 

You are reading far too much into it IMO. I'm sure there are journalists who look for the controversial angle, but sometimes they are just asking a genuine question which the fans want to know the answers as well. 

 

I'm sure Scurr could have worded it better, but he doesn't strike me as a deliberate cunt. 

[TheBrownBottle]

21 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Very naive. 
 

Journalists there to create division and stories. Just look at what went on in the recent Southampton press conference.

 

You’ve everything to lose from a fans perspective as it then feeds into the game build up and reaction at the ground which it has which the leads into the results.

 

I’d quite happily not have press conferences TBH. Don’t need to know how/why the manager is handling personal relationships and made public knowledge personally.

 

Yes you can get answers to simple questions like you suggest but that wasn’t the angle the journalist went for. It was questioning the manager’s integrity and I dare say the players also which only the player should be asked.

 

He’s not been picking him because he was injured. End of story.

 

Never understand wanting Landry whether clean or dirty washed in public. Rarely benefits the club and team.

 

Why do you think Fergie ruled the PC’s with such an iron fist and look at the benefits they reaped overall.

 

 

No, I am aware that some journalists have an agenda.  
 

I’m perfectly happy with the manager being held to account on some level.

 

Ferguson went on like that because he was a bullying cunt.  If you the implication is that Man Utd won trophies because of that, I’m unconvinced. 

[LFEE]

3 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

 

You are reading far too much into it IMO. I'm sure there are journalists who look for the controversial angle, but sometimes they are just asking a genuine question which the fans want to know the answers as well. 

 

I'm sure Scurr could have worded it better, but he doesn't strike me as a deliberate cunt. 

I genuinely don’t need any answers from my manager from the press TBH 

 

Injury updates and why a certain player was bought and plans how to play them is enough.

 

Everything else I don’t need.

[LFEE]

3 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

No, I am aware that some journalists have an agenda.  
 

I’m perfectly happy with the manager being held to account on some level.

 

Ferguson went on like that because he was a bullying cunt.  If you the implication is that Man Utd won trophies because of that, I’m unconvinced. 

Of course they did. Man UTD has ALWAYS been a media circus but the fact it appeared relatively calm during Fergie’s time there is testament how much he reigned things in and controlled leaks and narratives. Look at how they are now.

 

 

Edited May 10 by LFEE

[TheBrownBottle]

8 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Of course they did. Man UTD has ALWAYS been a media circus but the fact it appeared relatively calm during Fergie’s time there is testament how much he reigned things in and controlled leaks and narratives. Look at how they are now.

 

 

 

Ferguson shut down the press after he’d won a boatload of trophies.  He was in a position to do that because of what he’d won and his job was safe as houses as a consequence.  He didn’t shut down the press in the 90s.

[TRon]

11 minutes ago, LFEE said:

I genuinely don’t need any answers from my manager from the press TBH 

 

Injury updates and why a certain player was bought and plans how to play them is enough.

 

Everything else I don’t need.

 

I don't need answers either tbh, I don't even watch the press conferences for the most part these days. But there are plenty that do, and that's the audience the journalists are aiming for. 

 

I think there is genuine interest in the Gordon stories so obviously there will be questions put because fans do want to know what's going on. Howe doesn't have to answer them either, that's up to him. 

[LFEE]

1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Ferguson shut down the press after he’d won a boatload of trophies.  He was in a position to do that because of what he’d won and his job was safe as houses as a consequence.  He didn’t shut down the press in the 90s.

Agree to disagree. At least on “a boatload”. Maybe took him a few years like most managers to establish a power base at the club but it’s always a priority of his as it was in Scotland.

[TheBrownBottle]

37 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Agree to disagree. At least on “a boatload”. Maybe took him a few years like most managers to establish a power base at the club but it’s always a priority of his as it was in Scotland.

Happy to agree to disagree - just to add I agree re this, I think a lot of it has to do with level of control he wanted to exert at a club 

[Pilko]

Looks like he's trying something a bit different today which is nice to see. So long as the players put the graft in, even if we get beat, it's good he's seeing what else we can get out of the current squad mix other than the 4-3-3.

[La Parka]

Wish he'd play 3-4-3/3-4-1-2

[Pilko]

24 minutes ago, Pilko said:

Looks like he's trying something a bit different today which is nice to see. So long as the players put the graft in, even if we get beat, it's good he's seeing what else we can get out of the current squad mix other than the 4-3-3.

 

This aged well

[Ilovetoon8788]

48 minutes ago, Pilko said:

Looks like he's trying something a bit different today which is nice to see. So long as the players put the graft in, even if we get beat, it's good he's seeing what else we can get out of the current squad mix other than the 4-3-3.

Lol. This certainly aged well. He never deviates from his 433. But so far we are doing very well. 

[La Parka]

Predictable 

[Ronson333]

We are so boring to watch 

[Pilko]

Much better for most of the second half, but he wouldn't know what a clean sheet was if one bit him on the nose and for the umpteenth time that's our undoing. Utterly shite defending which he'll no doubt sing the song about it being unlike us, reviewing and learning from before we see it once again next week.

 

 

[La Parka]

Subs hard coded in again. 

[The Butcher]

 

Happy enough he's staying, but I must admit I'm not really sure anymore if it's the right decision.

 

Massive, massive summer for him. Get it wrong again and we're in a relegation battle imho.

[duo]

35 minutes ago, La Parka said:

Predictable 

Very

[toon25]

In-game management is terrible. Predictable timing of subs.

[Danh1]

More time on the training ground, still weak as fucking piss mentally and for the majority of the game look like creating nothing at all. 
 

[GEFAFWISP]

1 minute ago, La Parka said:

Subs hard coded in again. 

Didn't know he ran on COBOL, antiquated and hardcoded gubbins.

[Mikky]

25 points dropped

 

I just don’t know where to go - ultimately the buck stops with him